Heard To Find

hard to find vinyl and the history behind it

Heard To Find: Lazarus – “Stay with Me”

Artist: LazarusTrack: “Stay With Me”Release: Stay With Me (7”)Year: 1965Duration: 2:30 Steve McNicol is the pen behind this single. This is also the second version of the song he recorded, with the first one laid down by his previous group, The Rugbys. The Rugbys, featuring Glen Howerton on drums (no not that Glenn Howerton), released…

Heard To Find: The Dynettes – “Witness To A Heartbreak”

Artist: The DynettesTrack: “Witness To A Heartbreak”Release: New Guy / Witness To A Heartbreak (7”)Year: 1965Duration: 2:30 Maurice Williams scored a huge hit in 1960 when he and The Zodiacs put out the single “Stay”. At just 1:36 in length, the single would become the shortest song to ever reach #1 on the Billboard Hot…

Heard To Find: Zap – “Football Stomp”

Artist: ZapTrack:”Football Stomp”Release: Don’t Wanna Play / Football Stomp (7″)Year: 1975Duration: 3:14 Side B: “Football Stomp” Back in 1975, Walter Kahn was riding the success of his Grammy-winning production of the single “Love Me Like A Rock” by The Dixie Hummingbirds. The Dixie Hummingbirds had recorded the Paul Simon-penned track with Paul at Muscle Shoals…

Heard To Find: The Jon-Lee Group – “Pork Chops”

Artist: The Jon-Lee Group Track:”Pork Chops”Release: Bring It Down Front / Pork Chops (7″)Year: 1967 Duration: 2:10 I found this buried in a box of beat up and thrown out 7″ records from a former coworker of mine. Most of the records he gave me were part of a lot sold on eBay from an…